Attainment and importance of life values among patients with primary breast cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-304

  Lampic, Claudia ^a   Thurfjell, Erik ^b   Bergh, Jonas ^c   Carlsson, Marianne ^a   Sjödén, Per Olow ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation psychological; Breast neoplasms; Life values; Social values

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; PARENTHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0041866329     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200308000-00007     Document Type: Article

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